For The Good Of All, Do Not Destroy The Birds

Authors

Jennifer Moxley, University of Maine

Files

Description

A blend of literary criticism and memoir, Jennifer Moxley's FOR THE GOOD OF ALL, DO NOT DESTROY THE BIRDS recounts a life spent in the company of birds and poems, intimately attuned to the mysteries of singing. These essays trace the poet's calling to sources in birdsong and sacrifice, asking, "Must a woman be sentenced to endless night for a poet to be born?" From the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the death of the poet's mother, Moxley explores the losses that underlie poetry, and in turn, poetry's use as a measure for living.

ISBN

9781733273466

Publication Date

9-1-2021

Publisher

Flood Editions

City

Chicago

Keywords

Poetry

Disciplines

Poetry

Recommended Citation

Moxley, Jennifer, "For The Good Of All, Do Not Destroy The Birds" (2021). Faculty and Staff Monograph Publications. 319.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/fac_monographs/319